The Relative Importance of Environmental Factors for Bank Profitability in Developed and Emerging Economies

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Uzhegova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Bank Profitability

City Children’s Nature Knowledge and Contact: It Is Not Just About Biodiversity Provision

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 1145-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Freeman ◽  
Aviva Stein ◽  
Kathryn Hand ◽  
Yolanda van Heezik
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Generalized Linear Modeling ◽  
Nature Contact

Much attention has been directed at the perceived decline in city children’s contact with nature. We used a child-centric approach to assess neighborhood nature knowledge in 187 children aged 9 to 11 years, from different socioeconomic and ethnic groups in three New Zealand cities. We evaluated the relative importance of social (independence, gender, social connections, deprivation, age) and environmental factors (biodiversity) in explaining variation in knowledge at a scale relevant to each child’s independent movements. Our biodiversity evaluation reflected the natural dimensions of the habitats where children interacted with nature. Generalized linear modeling identified ethnicity as having the strongest association with nature knowledge. Within each ethnic group, social factors were most important (independence, social connections, deprivation) except for Pākehā/NZ European children, where local biodiversity was most important. Enhancing biodiversity values of private green spaces (yards) would be effective in facilitating opportunities to experience nature, which is fundamental to supporting nature contact.

Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Income Differentials ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Mineral Wealth ◽  
Mineral Production

There are considerable variations in the extent to which growth has improved the position of the poor. In all cases except one the incomes of the poorest have improved over the periods for which data on distribution are available. However, in all cases there is some evidence that inequality has tended to increase. The relative importance of mineral production appears to be associated with higher levels of inequality. An important question for mineral-exporting countries is how to ensure that national mineral wealth is used to support pro-poor investment. In view of the observed tendency for decreases in the relative importance of agriculture to exacerbate income differentials, some pro-poor policy interventions are required to redress the balance.

scholarly journals Structuring of Dragonfly Communities (Insecta: Odonata) in Eastern Amazon: Effects of Environmental and Spatial Factors in Preserved and Altered Streams

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliveira-Junior ◽  
Juen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Biotic Interactions ◽  
Environmental Variation ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Spatial Variables ◽  
Spatial Factors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Analytical Perspective ◽  
Physical Features ◽  
Natural Communities

The evaluation of the effects of environmental factors on natural communities has been one of the principal approaches in ecology; although, over the past decade, increasing importance has been given to spatial factors. In this context, we evaluated the relative importance of environmental and spatial factors for the structuring of the local odonate communities in preserved and altered streams. Adult Odonata were sampled in 98 streams in eastern Amazonia, Brazil. The physical features of each stream were evaluated and spatial variables were generated. Only environmental factors accounted for the variation in the Odonata community. The same pattern was observed in the suborder Zygoptera. For Anisoptera, environmental factors alone affect the variation in the community, considering all the environments together, and the altered areas on their own. As the two Odonata suborders presented distinct responses to environmental factors, this partitioning may contribute to an improvement in the precision of studies in biomonitoring. We thus suggest that studies would have a greater explanatory potential if additional variables are included, related to biotic interactions (e.g., competition). This will require further investigation on a finer scale of environmental variation to determine how the Odonata fauna of Amazonian streams behaves under this analytical perspective.

scholarly journals Entry Strategy and Export Marketing in Emerging Markets: A Small Player Case

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Peachayanant Lorvoralak ◽  
Winai Wongsurawat
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
International Business ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
International Market ◽  
Export Marketing ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Entry Strategy ◽  
Industry Leader

The internationalization of dominant market leaders such as Haier (China), Tata Group (India) and CEMEX (Mexico) in emerging economies has attracted immense amounts of interest among academic researchers. A less-explored area is how non-dominant, second-movers venture into the international market. How do small players connect with foreign customers while operating in the shadows of the industry leader? What decisions are serendipitous and what actions are deliberate? What are the key environmental factors and internal decisions that propel a secondary player to place more chips in the international market? This case study addresses these questions using an example of a construction material manufacturer from Southeast Asia. It is suitable as a discussion starter in an international business class, especially for topics such as entry strategy, export marketing and the organization of international business.

Spatial Scale or Amplitude of Predictors as Determinants of the Relative Importance of Environmental Factors to Plant Community Structure

Biotropica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo P. Pansonato ◽  
Flávia R. C. Costa ◽  
Carolina V. de Castilho ◽  
Fernanda A. Carvalho ◽  
Gabriela Zuquim
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Spatial Scale ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Community Structure ◽  
Relative Importance

scholarly journals The Relative Importance of Spatial and Local Environmental Factors in Determining Beetle Assemblages in the Inner Mongolia Grassland

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e0154659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Dong Yu ◽  
Liang Lü ◽  
Feng-Yan Wang ◽  
Tian-Hong Luo ◽  
Si-Si Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Inner Mongolia Grassland ◽  
Beetle Assemblages

A commentary on home‐region internationalization in financial groups from emerging economies

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. François Outreville
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Internationalization Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Financial Groups ◽  
Home Region

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine where large financial firms are expanding their operations, including financial firms from emerging economies. This paper has two objectives. The first is the documentation of the relative importance of the largest financial groups in emerging countries. The second objective is to describe the regional nature of financial firms.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis of the internationalization process of these groups is based on a list of top 50 financial groups ranked by total assets in 2010.FindingsThe paper shows that the majority of the largest financial institutions from emerging countries are expanding their business in the home region where they are headquartered. This result provides support to the debate on the home‐region preference.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper provides an example on preferences for the home‐region orientation but does not provide an analysis of the determinants of FDI in the financial sector.Originality/valueThe paper examines where large financial firms are expanding their operations, including financial firms from emerging economies.

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